Bassoon Reed Making: A Pedagogic History

Contents

• Introduction
• Part I: The History of Bassoon Pedagogy
• 1. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1803
• An Oral Tradition
• The Performer/Author: Cugnier and Ozi
• The Founding of the Paris Conservatoire
• 2. Pedagogic Methods 1803-1887
• Ozi's Nouvelle methode de basson (1803) and Froehlich's Vollstandige theoretisch-praktische Musikschule (1811)
• Almenraeder's Die Kunst des Fagottblasens, oder, Vollstandige theoretische praktische, Fagottschule (1843) and Jancourt's Methode theorique et pratique pour le basson (1845)
• Weissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule (1887)
• Part II: The History of Bassoon Reed Making
• 3. Instrument Maker/Reed Maker
• The Era of Long Lasting Reeds
• Changing Demands: The Performer/Reed Maker Emerges
• 4. Performer/Reed Maker
• Etienne Ozi: Transitional Figure
• The Standardization of the Bassoon
• Part III: The History of Bassoon Reed-Making Pedagogy
• 5. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1787
• A Lineage
• Cugnier's "Le Basson" (1780) and Ozi's Methode nouvelle et raisonnee pour le bassoon (1787)
• 6. The Birth of Reed-Making Pedagogy
• Ozi's Nouvelle methode (1803)
• 7. Pedagogic Methods 1803-1843
• Froehlich's Vollstandige theoretisch-praktische Musikschule (1811)
• Almenraeder's Die Kunst des Fagottblasens oder Vollstandige theoretisch praktische Fagottschule (1843)
• 8. Pedagogic Methods 1844-1887
• Willent-Bordogni's Methode complete pour le bassoon (1844) and Jancourt's Methode theorique et pratique pour le basson (1847)
• International Pedagogies
• Weissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule (1887)
• Part IV: Bassoon Reed-Making Pedagogy in Twentieth Century America
• 9. The Modern Era: The Secrecy of Reed Making
• 10. Researcher/Pedagogue: Louis Skinner
• 11. Reed Maker/Innovator: Don Christlieb
• 12. Artist/Scholar I: Norman Herzberg
• 13: Artist/Scholar II: Lewis Hugh Cooper
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1. Reed Notes: Don Christlieb (1945)
• Appendix 2. Herzberg Bassoon Reed Exam
• Appendix 3. Cooper's Reed Contribution System
• Appendix 4. Timeline of Relevant Publications and Events in the History of Bassoon Reed Making Pedagogy
• Bibliography
• Notes
• Index